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COLUMBUS >> American hero-astronaut John Glenn will lie in state in Ohio’s capitol building preceding a celebration of his life of military and government service and two history-making voyages into space.

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ATMORE, Ala. >> An Alabama inmate coughed repeatedly and his upper body heaved for at least 13 minutes during an execution using a drug that has previously been used in problematic lethal injections in at least three other states.

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COLUMBUS >> Lawmakers ended their two-year legislative session early Friday by signing off on a flurry of new measures including separate abortion bans, legislation expanding the state’s concealed-weapons law and a bill making Ohio’s clean-energy mandates optional for three years.

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WASHINGTON >> Supporters of the 2010 health care law will launch a political coalition Friday to block its repeal. They’re targeting Republican lawmakers whose constituents may now be at risk of losing health insurance.

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TRINGGADING, Indonesia >> Indonesia’s president traveled Friday to areas of Aceh province devastated by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake, as estimates of the number of displaced people swelled, and vowed that torn-apart communities would be rebuilt.

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GATLINBURG, Tenn. >> The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the resort town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, have reopened to the public after wildfires that caused 14 deaths and damaged about 2,500 buildings.